He smiled back, tail wagging, panting a bit as well
"Ok-maybe it is possible..."
He hugged him, head resting under his chin
"Y'know, sending that guard to the house might have been a littleeee bit of overkill-"
"...Damn....you know I'm really not that special-seriously-I've been a servant to my stepfamily for the last 13 years-this is what I look like on a GOOD day-"
His clothes were all frayed and raggedy, far too big for him, and he was a bit skinny-too skinny-like he didn't really eat much-or enough-he had dark circles under his eyes from lack of sleep and from constantly being worked too hard-
"He was getting hurt too-the truth is our family's kinda.....well-they're no actually they're really awful. They beat Ren, they had me work as a servant-Ren's the only one who was ever nice to me-he actually helped a lot when they weren't looking-....we just-don't like to talk about it...that's why neither of us said anything the night of the ball-"